Reposted by CherieneThe Economist @economist.com · 27/09/2026It’s always a good time to pick up a new book: here are the best recent novels to read as the seasons changebit.lyEight of the best new novels to read nowOur favourite books published between July and September 074
Reposted by CherieneTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 23/05/2026An audience member asked me about leftist pronatalism. 302401697
Reposted by CherieneReuters @reuters.com · 22/04/2026NASA unveiled the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and said the agency is ready to launch in early September, eight months ahead of schedule. NASA Administrator, Jared Isaacman said, "Roman will investigate dark matter, dark energy and the structure of the universe itself." 15617
Cheriene @cheriene.bsky.social · 11/04/2026My Artemis musings were smacked several times this week by killjoys and skeptics…Was determined not to let them take away from the wonder of this moment…Then I found this article. Now I’m a Liz Plank fan. And these are my people. open.substack.com/pub/lizplank...open.substack.comArtemis II Is Competency Porn and We Are Starving For Itgirls will be like i needed this and it's just four nerds in space. 050
Reposted by CherieneRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Thank you! At an event last night I said "If the word hope doesn't work for you try, 'Never fucking surrender.'" The word hope seems too sunny to a lot of people, but the heart of it as I'm interested in it is: we make the future in the present, if we show up, and that never surrender part. 531810476
Reposted by Cherienemcc @dryad.technology · 07/03/2026The motto of the modern tech industry is "You can just do things to people" 1022669535
Reposted by CherieneJennifer Caroccio Maldonado, PhD @drcaromaldo.blacksky.app · 09/02/2026I gotta quote estar wars: "That’s how we’re gonna win. Not fighting what we hate, saving what we love." 0329
Reposted by CherienePhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 09/11/2025OutKast is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: “We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms” 7870261489
Reposted by CherieneA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 27/10/2025“Tell your children who the cowards were.” 11698193600
Reposted by Cheriene😈Miss Hell Batkeeper😈 @mishellbaker.bsky.social · 13/09/2025One thing that helps me a lot is thinking of my mind as a camera with a lens that can zoom WAY in or WAY out. Whenever you find yourself paralyzed by useless stress, zooming out toward the cosmic or in toward the infinitely moment-mindful is both healthy and wise. It's ALL reality. 241341
Reposted by CherieneTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 28/08/2025I’m not kidding when I say I love a formal synthesis. This one is spot-on. Some of what’s happening is people are trying to have a historical gaze for events that are still happening. Is it definitionally authoritarian? Cannot know until bodies stop dropping. But you can know it feels authoritarian 3717137
Cheriene @cheriene.bsky.social · 28/06/2025This is and will be the existential question of this time…How are we (Americans) losing to cruelty, stupidity, ineptness?… 030
Cheriene @cheriene.bsky.social · 19/06/2025open.spotify.com/track/7Mb7jO...open.spotify.comOptimisticSounds Of Blackness · Evolution Of Gospel · Song · 1991 055
Reposted by CherienePiscesQueen95 ♓️ @piscesqueen95.bsky.social · 19/06/2025I love this song. ❤️ youtu.be/fPr3yvkHYsE?...youtu.beSam Cooke - A change is gonna come - 1963YouTube video by Entre Ciel Et Terre 0104
Cheriene @cheriene.bsky.social · 29/05/2025My neighbor shared this poem her friend wrote. Paying it forward - jummyjeenz.com/2018/06/21/f...jummyjeenz.comFinding HopePlease don’t hope less…help US hope more. 000
Reposted by CherieneDanny Deraney @dannyderaney.bsky.social · 25/04/2025We once lived in a world where Ella Fitzgerald and Karen Carpenter sang together. Happy Birthday my Ella. 1553825529
Cheriene @cheriene.bsky.social · 19/05/2025This opinion piece exemplifies what means to hold space for complexity and nuance … A reminder to resist sloppy/undisciplined narratives. Especially in these strange times. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The Future of Black History Lives on Donald Trump’s Front Lawn 010
Reposted by CherieneChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 16/04/2025We had the reporter on tonight; @maddow has the whistleblower 834247338645
Reposted by CherieneEmily Carter @emilycurates.bsky.social · 14/04/2025The Monarch #butterfly embarks on one of nature's most incredible journeys, migrating up to 3,000 miles from #Canada to central #Mexico. These tiny travelers, with wings of vibrant orange, navigate the vast distances using the sun and Earth’s magnetic fields, defying the odds 637239674570
Reposted by CherieneSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 03/04/2025I think we have to confront the fact that tens of millions of Americans have pledged slavish allegiance to a man who says explicitly that his benchmark for when America was great is 1913. And then we have to think about the possibility that we are in the throes of a nationwide mental health crisis. 1233804922
Cheriene @cheriene.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Public progress and private prejudice. This conversation reminds me of Randall Kennedy’s critique — In our personal spheres we feel entitled to act on preference which often exposes the very racism/classism/elitism we claim to oppose publicly. open.spotify.com/episode/1rgE...open.spotify.comAmerican Amnesia with Tressie McMillan Cottom [VIDEO]What Now? with Trevor Noah · Episode 020
Reposted by CherieneMike Masnick @masnick.com · 01/03/2025This is tragic. Anyone who was familiar with 18F knows those were some of the real heroes of government, who helped make government tech/digital services better for the public. They were doing real work that DOGE pretends to do, but is too ignorant to know how to do. 5137871026
Reposted by CherieneLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 25/02/2025Many people used to like to say that “Twitter isn’t real life,” but now we have a federal government influenced in large part by people who spent the last decade as Twitter trolls. A few of us tried to warn that the online ops happening in plain sight needed to be taken far more seriously. 835467
Reposted by CherieneSoraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 22/02/2025actual civic servicetheverge.comFederal workers launch a new site to share inside information about DOGEWe the Builders aims to explain why DOGE’s data access matters. 4610183
Cheriene @cheriene.bsky.social · 18/02/2025I would not accept this thoughtless/BS analysis from an intern, much less an “efficiency expert”. Are people really running with this?! 120
Reposted by CherieneData Rescue Project #DataRescue @datarescueproject.org · 12/02/2025Our group has been hard at work to release a new tool: The Data Rescue Tracker. The tool aims to provide a consolidated overview of who is downloading which dataset from which government websites. Please share! www.datarescueproject.org/data-rescue-...datarescueproject.orgThe Data Rescue TrackerWe are excited to introduce the Data Rescue Tracker, a collaborative tool built to catalog existing public data rescue efforts so that we can coordinate better across initiatives. At this stage, you c... 10295230
Reposted by CherieneKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 11/02/2025JUST IN: Federal judges orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore “by no later than 11:59 pm” today their websites and datasets to pre-January 30th status. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...storage.courtlistener.com 14745193413637
Reposted by Cherienejb 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼 @jbthrowawayy.bsky.social · 10/02/2025the way the stadium was fucking silent for “the revolution will be televised, you picked the right time but the wrong guy” actual fucking goosebumps 29611
Reposted by CherieneRoxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 10/02/2025I need him to do Not Like Us but regardless. Black excellence! 14151931
Cheriene @cheriene.bsky.social · 01/02/2025I have this framed in my office. He’s one of the ‘Norfolk 17’ to segregate Norfolk schools in ‘59. A few miles away in Va Beach my parents went to a segregated school until they graduated in ‘68. Their first integrated experiences - work. My dad’s was 3 tours in Vietnam. #BlackHistoryMonth 052
Reposted by CherieneSojourners @sojo.net · 14/02/2024"I need a love that is troubled by injustice … A love that has no tolerance for hate, no excuses for racist decisions, no contentment in the status quo. I need a love that is fierce in its resilience and sacrifice." - Austin Channing Brown Read more daily wisdom here:sojo.netThe Latest Issue of Verse & VoiceDeceit is in the heart of those who devise evil, but those who plan peace have joy. 022
Reposted by CherieneWuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 01/02/2025Damn that was the longest January ever….let’s hope for a better February 👐 Happy Black History Month 171037160
Reposted by CherieneChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/02/2025Did you know? In 1968, 24 Black men in Pittsburgh revolutionized emergency medicine. The Freedom House Ambulance Service was established to provide emergency medical care to underserved Black neighborhoods—creating the world’s first paramedics. 8893659810768
Reposted by CherieneAnna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 25/01/2025LIBRARIES ARE ABOUT TO MATTER MORE NOW THAN EVER. Books are the windows to worlds unseen. Support them by: - Joining a Friends of the Library (annual donation) - Visiting and using their many wonderful resources - Hiring librarians (@mychal3ts.bsky.social is on the market!!) 227183
Cheriene @cheriene.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Courtesy of The Tetra issue 1205 — Dream the world as it ought to be. Don't let anybody, anybody convince you this is the way the world is and therefore must be. It must be the way it ought to be. King Toni Morrison 010
Reposted by CherieneThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/01/2025JUST NOW: @aoc.bsky.social tells people to stick together and not underestimate what tech billionaires will do/suppress to “placate” Trump - pointing to the lack of coverage of Elon’s salute on major media outlets as an example. Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DFHHmP_... 10360901701
Reposted by CherieneJustin @sitkaworldsfair.bsky.social · 20/01/2025When Musk denies that he did a big ol Nazi salute during the inauguration, remember this, from Jean-Paul Sartre, 1944. 4855951948
Reposted by CherieneKiller Katie Kat 👻♥️✨😽🎃 @spicynocajun.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Sometimes the activism starts at just being a good ass person. 13516
